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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish cuello, attested in Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613). Doublet of kuwelyo, a later borrowing.
Pronunciation
Noun
kuyo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜌᜓ) (obsolete)
- collar (part of a shirt fitting around the neck)
- Synonym: kuwelyo
- ruff (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
Further reading
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 129: “Cabeçon) Coyo (pp) C. de ropilla o jubon”
- page 206: “Cuello) Coyo (pp) C. de camiſa, o ſayo, de ollano”
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 319
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